7-year-old boy suffers graze wound after gun in a backpack accidentally discharges in Disney Magnet School classroom

A 7-year-old boy suffered a graze wound after a gun accidentally discharged inside a classroom at Walt Disney Magnet School on the North Side Tuesday morning.

A student brought the gun in a backpack to the school in the 4100 block of North Marine Drive, according to Chicago police said.

Just before 10 a.m., the gun accidentally discharged while inside the backpack and a bullet struck the ground, ricochetted and grazed the abdomen of a classmate, police said.

The boy was taken to Lurie’s Children’s Hospital in good condition, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Merritt said.

Staff quickly secured the gun and contacted authorities, according to a statement from Principal Paul Riskus.

“We are working closely with the CPS Office of Safety and Security to make a safety plan moving forward,” Riskus wrote. “Please know that we are taking this situation extremely seriously, and CPD is investigating this incident.”